Tuesdays are grand. My wife and I get to go on a date, unencumbered by the two appendages kids. We have an “arrangement” with our neighbors. This is only our second date since our second child was born, over a year ago. We feel awkward. We stare at each other, wondering [...]

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My home a hub? Hardly. But this weekend saw more folks at our home than we’ve had in a while. It was stimulating to have Michael, Mark and Karl sitting in my living room, shooting the breeze.  Not much hiking got done, but no one seemed to mind. Mark came all the way from Linkou. I [...]

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This picture-taken with my mobile phone and its built effects function-is the embodiment of my car’s ultimate purpose: infant slumber chamber. Those of you with children will undoubtedly know what I am talking about. My wife was getting a haircut, and the kids were finally fast asleep after the prerequisite 20 minute drive to [...]

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I fell in love with this piece when I first saw it in an art book at my uncle Jean Marie’s house. I must have been10 or 11. The unavoidable cognitive tension it produced sent me into a fit of giggles. I certainly wasn’t able to put it into words at the time, but it [...]

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